Playa El Loa

Iquique, Chile

Pebbles

Visibility is 0.7 km. Fog or rain can hide other surfers and the horizon. Be careful in the water.

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 PM Chile Summer Time.

Good

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 9 s, heading toward NE, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward E.

Swell

0.9 m

NE

9 s

Wind

11 km/h

E

Cross-onshore

Tide

0.6 m

Rising

Weather

22 °C

Mostly clear

19 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

2 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 22 °C

1 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

4 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.7 m

Clear · 21 °C

2 AM

Good

0.8 m · 10 s

NE

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 20 °C

3 AM

Good

0.9 m · 10 s

NE

5 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 19 °C

4 AM

Good

0.9 m · 10 s

NE

2 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 19 °C

5 AM

Good

0.9 m · 10 s

NE

3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 20 °C

6 AM

Good

0.9 m · 10 s

NE

6 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 20 °C

7 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NE

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.7 m

Overcast · 20 °C

8 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NE

6 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.6 m

Overcast · 20 °C

9 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NE

8 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

0.5 m

Overcast · 20 °C

10 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NE

6 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 20 °C

11 AM

Good

1 m · 9 s

NE

4 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.4 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

12 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

9 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.4 m

Mostly clear · 23 °C

1 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

11 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.4 m

Partly cloudy · 23 °C

2 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

12 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.5 m

Partly cloudy · 23 °C

3 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

11 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.5 m

Partly cloudy · 23 °C

4 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

11 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

5 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

10 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.6 m

Overcast · 22 °C

6 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

9 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.5 m

Overcast · 21 °C

7 PM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NE

8 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.5 m

Overcast · 20 °C

8 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NE

6 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.5 m

Overcast · 19 °C

9 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NE

2 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 19 °C

10 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NE

4 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 19 °C

11 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NE

3 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.5 m

Light drizzle · 19 °C

Nearby spots

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